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Michael Crichton Quotes

Michael Crichton quotes

American Author, Writer, Regisseur October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

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Michael Crichton quote: "You can't get decent Mexican food in DC."
You can't get decent Mexican food in DC. Michael Crichton
This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "Only assholes put a nickname on their business card."
Only assholes put a nickname on their business card. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do..."
Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That's the game in science. Michael Crichton
They're both technicians. They have what I call 'thintelligence'. They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused'. They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "They are focused on whether they can do something. They never..."
They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a..."
Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do..."
The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide. Michael Crichton
Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world. Michael Crichton
You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are. Michael Crichton
Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers, railwaymen, diplomats, and police, the public was now ready to see its faith restored in the basic soundness of banks, railroads, government, and police. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "I do so think well of a man who dies with finesse."
I do so think well of a man who dies with finesse. Michael Crichton
Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk. Michael Crichton
Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that..."
They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. Michael Crichton

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